binx!

literally just a twenty second parody of a polka dot bikini that I wrote to start sussing out my new daw.

Just A Binx

A short piano test to get more used to FL. It worked. Kind of. Unmixed. Original pattern by f.gurski.music on Threads.

A Short Test in F

While at Genericon this weekend, met the dopest producer whose music basically embodies everything I wanted to be as an EDM artist (and actually makes me not want to give up on it!). I may have also thrown candy/kandi at him, which was not the smartest idea. Anyway, this is his track which lyrically hits me right in the feels right now, and this is my acoustic piano take on it. Tomorrow comes the full remix. :D

Original Track: https://soundcloud.com/voiamusic/voia-almost-human

Almost Human (Acoustic Piano Version)

Wow, guys, look what I found! If my mind serves me correctly, this is from 2008 or 2009, around the time I would have still been on worship band at Miami University. I did the recording all on my own and threw it through a quick master for y'all. 

INTRODUCING THE SOUNDS OF FALSELY STRAIGHT EMILY COMPLETE WITH
-- ducking done by me to fix an issue with the piano mix
-- live piano AND violin, omigosh
-- not fully developed voice, but don't tell old Emily that

If Hillsong chases me down because I'm not Jesus-perfect, I'll pull it. But I wanted to put it up as a thank you to those who have been patient with me. Thank you.

Stand

OK, so this is kind of a weird track, so there's a tad bit of backstory to it.

Every year, I do a Christmas/holiday edition of SOSI J-Pop Stop, a fan radio drama that should be produced more often but isn't. It's basically an hour of inside jokes and fluff. The host of the show is basically a Dvorak-ified other dimension version of me, so she ALSO lived in NYC for a while and recently went back to Ohio. And she, like me, was NOT taking the move well, hence this sudden song break in the middle of act 1 in which she/I sing about how we miss the city during Christmas.

Co-host Racer Philadelphia (also voiced by me), voice of reason and notably bad singer, chimes in for the second half to remind me that this isn't the end of the world. From later in the script: "New York City isn’t going anywhere. But the more important thing is...neither are you. And home is where your family and friends are. In that sense, both Ohio and New York City are home, in different ways, with different reasons. No matter where I am, where it all begins or where it all aligns, I’m home."

Also, if you ever want to listen/put up with SOSI J-Pop Stop in its full, let me know.

SOSI J-Pop Stop

The NYC Christmas Song

Commit is a piece I wrote while in the process of leaving New York City. It was a thank-you to my friends and to those who still inspire me. I fight every single day to keep a piece of that city inside me, to commit to something greater than myself, even in little bits and pieces.

Commit

A long time ago, in a previous life, I used to walk across 59th Street to the 1 train, and I would talk on my phone to my loved one as I walked. I would share the city with them, an entire country away from me. It's in this way that I identified so hard with "Almost Human," ever since I first heard it at Genericon 2016's rave.

They no longer love me, and I no longer live in New York, and I can't make it to this year's Genericon...so I can almost hear the pain in this recording. But it's in pain that we make the best art, so I hope you find something to like in this.

Original: https://soundcloud.com/voiamusic/voia-almost-human
My acoustic piano remix: https://soundcloud.com/emily-imes/almost-human-acoustic-piano-version

Almost Human (HaruHaru Remix)

"World is breaking down/Destination heaven/Spread your wings and seize eternity!" Okay, disclaimer: this track's 13 years old at this point. We all get better at these things. In preparation for #nsa081617, though, I wanted to showcase each one of my albums, both released and not, over the next few days.

Yes Yes Lord Amen!

Fear of Nothing

Ten years of making silly tracks like this one :)

Stems available upon request!

North Side Angel

Trippin' Vista (10th Anniversary)

NOW AVAILABLE ON SPOTIFY!

I wanted to just take a second and thank you all so much for your support of this track. This has been a success beyond my craziest dreams (or realities!) and it's a major confidence lifter for just a regular person like me. The track will be on Spotify and other partners soon! We're just working out the details of covers and derivative works, you know, all that fun copyright stuff. I've removed the download link -- but if you want to download the song, please click the 'buy' link and download it from BandCamp! This is a MUCH higher-quality file (WAV vs 192kpbs mp3), and if you want to pay for it you can as well. Again, thank you for your support, and I hope you'll stick around to see what else I have in store for you.

Aster Kanke

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